Car-seal.



No. 663,835. Patented Dec. II, 1900;

B. A. SMITH & a. m. HOYLAND. CAR SEAL.

(Application filed June 26, 1899.)

' THE NORR s PETE NlTED STATES ATFT BURTON ALBERT SMITH AND GEORGEMATHEV HOYLAND, OF JACKSON,

. MICHIGAN.

CAR SEAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,835, dated December11, 1900.-

Application fil d June 26, 1899. Serial No. 721,900. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we,BURToN ALBERT SMITH and GEORGE MATHEW HOYLAND,citizens of the United States, residing at Jackson, in the county ofJackson and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Oar-Seal,of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in car-seals.

The object of our invention is to provide a cheaply-constructed car-sealwhich can be locked by hand and when locked it is impossible to unlockthe seal or remove it from the sealed car-door without breaking the sealor cutting the shackle-band.

Our seal is composed of two pieces of sheet metal.Oneofthesepiecesformstheshackleband and is provided with tongues orlooking devices, and the other piece forms the guard, which is adaptedto he slipped over the shackle-band and cover the locking-tongues andfirmly fasten the two together, preventing the seal from being openedwhen locked.

We attain the object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in whichv Figure 1 is a plan view of our seal in its lockedposition. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the seal with the guard removed,showing at the right of the figu re the end of the shackle-band inlooking engagement with the tongues or locking devices and at the leftof the figure the shackle-band before it is brought into lockingengagement with the tongues. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectionalview of the construction shown in Fig. 2 with the cover or guard-platein position and shown in sections. Fig. 4 is a plan view of theshackleband and guard. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the guard. Fig. (iis a transverse sectional view of the guard shown in Fig. 5.

Si milar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A A represent a strip of sheet metal suitable to m a he our seal. Allthe locking-tongues are cut and shaped out of this one piece of sheetmetal, as plainly shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. The tongue D is made onthe wide end of the shackle-band A, as shown in Fig. 2. Just back of theshoulders of the tongue D we cut a crosswise hole G, leaving aboutone-eighth of an inch of metal on each side of the shackleband A. Thisgives the seal a reasonable amount of strength to resist any ordinarystrain given to break or unlock the seal. The tongue 0 is cut out of theshackle-band A and turned up in a perpendicular position. The tongue Dis now turned directly through the center of the crosswise hole G backon the shackle-bandA, the point of the tongue D passing down through thehole made by the removal of the tongue 0. The tongue 0 is now turnedfrom a perpendicular position to a horizontal position, bearing with aspringpressure on the tongue D. In the small end of the shackleband A wecut a hole F just the width of the tongue D. The guard B is now slippedover the shackle-band A until it covers the locking-tongues. It is nowsoldered to the shackle-band A. The seal is now ready to be locked. Thesmall end having the hole F in it is made approximately the width of thecrosswise hole G and the small end of the shackle-band A inserted in thehole G and pushed forward until the tongue D engages the opening F. Theends of the shackleband are then held in locked engagement.

We are aware that prior to our invention car-seals have been made ofsheet metal. We therefore do not claim such a combination broadly; but

What we do claim as our invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

In a sheet-metal seal the combination with a strip of metal formed nearone end with an opening, F, and provided, at the other end, with twointegral tongues, G, and, I one of said tongues, D, formed on the end ofthe, metal strip, and bent backward under the tongue,O, saidshackle-band,A, providedwith a crosswise hole, G, intermediate with thetongues, O, and, D, through which the opposite end of the shackle-band Ais adapted to pass and engage the locking-tongue D, the guard B, securedto the shackle-band, A, for covering the locked ends thereof,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

BURTON ALBERT SMITH. GEORGE MATHEW HOYLAND. Witnesses:

DAVID J. OCoNNELL, FRED REED.

